Learn from the earliest days to insure your principles against the perils of ridicule; you can no more exercise your read more

Learn from the earliest days to insure your principles against the perils of ridicule; you can no more exercise your reason if you live in the constant dread of laughter, that you can enjoy your life if you are in the constant terror of death.

Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.

Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.

That laughter costs too much which is purchased by the sacrifice of decency.

That laughter costs too much which is purchased by the sacrifice of decency.

A gentleman is often seen, but very seldom heard to laugh.

A gentleman is often seen, but very seldom heard to laugh.

Laugh not too much; the witty man laughs least:
For wit is news only to ignorance.
Lesse read more

Laugh not too much; the witty man laughs least:
For wit is news only to ignorance.
Lesse at thine own things laugh; lest in the jest
Thy person share, and the conceit advance.

Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child.

Beware of him who hates the laugh of a child.

Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live.

Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live.

We sometimes laugh from ear to ear, but it would be impossible for a smile to be wider than the read more

We sometimes laugh from ear to ear, but it would be impossible for a smile to be wider than the distance between our eyes.

A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.

A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.